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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Her focus is student success initiatives, which include a lot of different focus areas, including guided pathways and holistic advising, developmental education reform, and a number of things that lead to increased student success, particularly with underserved populations, says Felder. These reforms can be broad-based.

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Community Colleges’ Essential Role in Workforce Development

Timely MD

are pursuing an Associate’s Degree and the percentage of job openings that require a four-year degree declined from 51% in 2017 to 44% in 2021, the significance of community colleges in shaping the next generation of workers can’t be overstated. Given that over 40% of undergraduate students in the U.S. citizens, and 5% are veterans.